Guitar Hero good for you???

I like the sound of THIS...

There seem to be some who are beginning to discover that Guitar Hero... and I'm assuming Rock Band because they use the same motions... are beginning to show up as having a medical purpose. Now, it seems to be in the area of physical therapy.

Here's a bit of the story: "We'd been doing a lot with range of motion, but he was still lacking in pronation and supination in his forearm," Colwell informed Shacknews. Pronation and supination refer to the twisting and flexing motions of limbs. "Guitar Hero really helped out a lot with that, especially the supination because he had to hold that pose."

Apart from a patient's increased willingness to participate in therapy, other possible benefits of Guitar Hero noted by Colwell include improved abdominal, lower back, and wrist strength, sitting balance, fine motor skills, and general endurance."

At any rate... any excuse I can have for playing more Guitar Hero or Rock Band is a good thing!!! Right???

Jim

Rock Band was fun last night

Last night was a lot of fun.

If you haven't, check out a couple of "live blogged" pictures from last night's Rock Band-athon (I took them on my iPhone and put them right on my blog from Jeff's...). Boone, Clayton, Will, Matt, Jeff and I rocked out on Rock Band for about 2 hours together.

If you don't know what Rock Band, it's Guitar Hero with drumming and singing involved for XBox. It really was a lot of fun and I think there's an inner drummer trying to get out.

Jim

More rock band

Yeah... More!!!

Rock band

Some of the high school guys playing rock band.... Rock on!!

It's official!!! Rock Band for $160 on PS2!!!

I saw this post today HERE:

Rock Band on PS2!!! Awesome... I'll only have to wait a couple of weeks after it's released on XBox and PS3. But that will just give me a few weeks to practice on a buddy's system before getting my own...

Check out the snipet:
"t's official folks, Rock Band will be $170 for Xbox 360 and PS3 and release Nov. 23. A Friday ... wait, Black Friday? Yes, more on that in a second. The PS2 version will release Dec. 10 for $160. Our spidey sense started tingling that something was up when we received info that Amazon was listing Rock Band for $169 -- a $30 reduction from the $199 they've had listed for months. Turns out that they received the official price today. The bundle includes the game (reg. $60, $50 on PS2), the guitar (reg. $60, but wired on Xbox 360, wireless is separate and $80), the wired drums (reg. $80), and wired microphone (reg. $30)."

Looks awesome!!! Can't wait!!!

Jim

Rock Band looks awesome!!!

Rock Band looks awesome!!!!

This is supposed to be coming out in the next couple of months on PS3 and XBox... later for those of us still wasting away on a PS2... But I can't wait. It looks incredible!!!!

Jim

Rock Band demostration

This looks awesome!!!

I can't wait until it comes out... and eventually, it's supposed to for PS 2. Awesome... drums... guitars... singers...

Jim